background processes

Silicon Alley Insider has picked up on some more rumors regarding Apple allowing background processes for a limited number of third-party developers. From what they've heard, there are two potential scenarios for handling the addition. The first would be to let users choose a select number of third-party apps to allow in the background. The second would be to let a select number of developers run processes in the background.

Since its announcement yesterday, there's been quite a bit of speculation about what new features iPhone 3.0 will bring. BoyGeniusReport claims to have some concrete info which points to MMS and USB and Bluetooth tethering as two features which will definitely be included in the new software.

MacRumors believes that we'll see background processes in iPhone 3.0, which we've previously reported.

At WWDC, Apple announced that they would be providing developers with a "push notification" service, allowing them to notify users of new data without having to keep said app running. The solution would be a perfect fit for twitter, instant message, and other such applications. It was supposed to be available last September, although we haven't heard anything on the service since its announcement.

According to MacRumors, Apple may be considering background processes after all.

One of the most wanted features that Apple currently doesn't allow are background processes, or the ability for an app or part of an app to run in the background even after it's been closed or exited. Apple doesn't allow them because they drain battery life, but a lot of cool stuff doesn't work without them. Fortunately, the hacking community has created a temporary solution that could be a great reason to jailbreak that iPhone.